Make it rain state control of the atmosphere in twentieth-century America
Part I. Weather control: from scientific fringe to scientific mainstream (1890-1950). Ka-boom! -- Weather in an icebox: scientific weather control -- Part II. Coming to grips with weather control (1950-1957). US Congress: controlling weather control -- State governments: averting "weather wars&...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Chicago, London
The University of Chicago Press
2017
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Part I. Weather control: from scientific fringe to scientific mainstream (1890-1950). Ka-boom! -- Weather in an icebox: scientific weather control -- Part II. Coming to grips with weather control (1950-1957). US Congress: controlling weather control -- State governments: averting "weather wars" -- The meteorologists: corralling the research agenda -- Part III. Weather control as state tool (1957-1980). Weather control as state tool on the home front -- Weather control as state tool on military and diplomatic fronts -- Conclusion: weather control and the American state. |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | ix, 317 Seiten Illustrationen, Karten 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780226437231 978-0-226-43723-1 9780226597928 978-0-226-59792-8 |